HJR269 Summary

• Honors the Alabama Holocaust Commission's 2025 State Yom HaShoah Commemoration scheduled for April 22, 2025

• Commemorates the 6,000,000 Jewish men, women, and children who perished in the Holocaust as an act of genocide

• Acknowledges four Holocaust survivors who lived in Alabama and died in the past year: Bernie Echt, Robert May, Charles Pollack, and Genya Safyanova, recognizing their decades of sharing their stories

• Recognizes Holocaust survivor Izaia "Jack" Schachter of Birmingham who will attend the commemoration

• Commits Alabama to remembering Holocaust atrocities including Dachau, Bergen-Belsen, Buchenwald, and Auschwitz, and vows to ensure future generations never forget the significance and horror of the Holocaust